Indicators of Mold Growth in Indoor Environments

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dc.contributor.authorVice, Scott Jacksonen
dc.contributor.committeechairHughes, J. Martinen
dc.contributor.committeememberDietrich, Andrea M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLittle, John C.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:45:23Zen
dc.date.adate2000-09-18en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:45:23Zen
dc.date.issued2000-09-12en
dc.date.rdate2001-09-18en
dc.date.sdate2000-09-14en
dc.description.abstractThe following investigation stems from the idea of using metabolic byproducts produced by mold as indicators of its presence in indoor environments in place of investigating airborne fungi by traditional particulate sampling techniques. VOCs and carbon dioxide are both examined in order to evaluate their usefulness as possible metabolic indicators of mold growth. A specially designed purge and trap laboratory setup was built and operated for the study of molds growing on specific media. Key variables for the operation of the apparatus include sampling time and sampling flow rate as well as other environmental conditions such as temperature. Carbon dioxide serves as a good marker for fungal activity, but is difficult to attribute to mold growth when studying non-closed loop systems. Many VOCs were collected but detection limits were often too high for the quantities collected.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09142000-22020018en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09142000-22020018/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35048en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendix_F.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendix_E.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendix_A-D.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectVOCsen
dc.subjectairen
dc.subjectCO2en
dc.subjectmolden
dc.subjectpollutionen
dc.subjectindooren
dc.subjectfungien
dc.titleIndicators of Mold Growth in Indoor Environmentsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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